FrancoGène: List of former French provinces

The name of the old province is shown with the number of the
corresponding
modern département. See this name for the full
name of départements.

Keep in mind that the border of provinces changed from time to
time.
Moreover, modern French region are often based on the old province
names
but with other borders. Dioceses usually their own borders.
For example, the diocese of Angers in the province of Anjou has not the
same border as the province of Anjou.

* means a département that took only a small part of the said
province. Some départements are not named when the part
they
took was too small. So, sometimes, you have to check the other
départements.

The main town is for reference only. Sometimes, a province was
shared between many départements and some archives can be found
in all those départements.